“Are we going to break something?” acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek asked, referring to what DOGE has been doing with Social Security data. “I don’t know."

https://www.propublica.org/article/recording-reveals-leland-dudek-thoughts-trump-doge-social-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

DoubleSpeak: "If you ask a National Park Service ranger how the Trump administration’s cost cutting will affect your next park visit, you might get talking points instead of a straight answer.

A series of emails sent late last month to front-line staff at parks across the country provided rangers with instructions on how to describe the highly publicized staff cuts. Park leaders further instructed staff to avoid the word “fired” and not blame closures on staffing levels.

On Feb. 14, at least 1,000 park service employees were terminated as part of broad reductions to the federal workforce by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. As a result, visitor centers have reduced hours, tours of popular attractions have been canceled, lines have spiraled, bathrooms may go uncleaned, habitat restoration has ceased and water has gone unchecked for toxic algae.

Meanwhile, rangers have been ordered to describe these cuts — or “attrition” and “workforce management actions,” according to the talking points — as “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of our visitors.” They also should tell visitors the parks will continue to ensure “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”

If asked about limited offerings, one park’s rangers were instructed to say “we are not able to address park or program-level impacts at this time.”"

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-parks-staff-cuts-talking-points

We are getting a glimpse of a #DOGE created future of unlicensed #MAGA healthcare with no #government #regulation.

Faces paralyzed by ‘dentists’:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/unlicensed-dentist-face-paralyzed_n_67d5dcdfe4b023f4b8b66ed0

Children incinerated by ‘doctors’:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/four-people-were-arrested-in-connection-with-5-year-olds-death-in-hyperbaric-chamber_n_67d08792e4b0f06c6b9f9774?origin=related-recirc

#Resist to #SaveAmerica !

This is what is expected to happen when you put a billionaire with a severe drug addiction problem in charge of monitoring the Federal Government spending of the world's largest economy

"“DOGE Has 10 Staffers at Social Security in Hunt for Dead People,” the headlines read this past week.

I found a dead person on Social Security. Right here in Seattle, on Capitol Hill.

Of course the circumstances of Ned Johnson’s death were completely the opposite of what Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency had claimed was rampant.

“You wake up one day and discover you’re dead,” Johnson told me. “It’s been truly surreal.”

That’s the biggest difference — my deceased guy turns out to be very much alive. Musk is contending that hordes of dead people are listed as alive in the Social Security databases, and are fraudulently still drawing benefits (which the Social Security director disputes).

Johnson is 82 and still kicking. Yet sometime last month, someone or something led Social Security to both tag him as dead and start clawing back his benefits.

Johnson’s strange trip through the netherworld began in February, when a letter from his bank arrived addressed to his wife, Pam."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

#DOGE found a "dead" person (spoiler wasn't actually dead), drained their savings account, shut down their credit, cancelled their health insurance and stopped their social security retirement payments.

'Murika

Headline: Here’s a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle, with plenty to say

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

#boycott #DOGE #MAGA #Resist #Trump
Why stop with boycotting #Tesla alone?

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Voters flood town halls with fears of Social Security cuts, putting heat on GOP over Musk and DOGE

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and one of Trump’s most influential advisers, has called Social Security 'the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time'

https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/nation/voters-flood-town-halls-with-fears-of-social-security-cuts-putting-heat-on-gop-over-musk-and-doge/

Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote

“It’s like two horrible things, and you can’t imagine either one.” – Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/nation/democrats-confront-limits-of-their-minority-power-after-bruising-shutdown-vote/

Senate approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending to Trump for signature

Colorado Democratic senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper both voted against the measure.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/nation/senate-approves-funding-bill-hours-before-shutdown-deadline-sending-to-trump-for-signature/